Tuesday, August 07, 2007

.AS AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SITS ACROSSTHE SOUTHEAST THIS WEEK...DANGEROUS HEAT WILL GRIPTHE AREA. THE WORST OF THE HEAT WILL OCCUR FROMWEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY...POSSIBLY LASTINGINTO EARLY THIS WEEKEND. STIFLING AFTERNOONTEMPERATURES AROUND OR JUST ABOVE 100 DEGREESARE ANTICIPATED...WHILE ONLY DROPPINGINTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S AT NIGHT.

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO7 PM CDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HASISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AMWEDNESDAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH AROUND 100 DEGREESBOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS...WITHHEAT INDICES OF AROUND 105 DEGREES COMMON. THESEVALUES MAY APPROACH 110 DEGREES IN A FEW LOCATIONS...MAKING OUTDOOR EXPOSURE DANGEROUS. LIMITEDOVERNIGHT COOLING... WITH LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER70S WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DANGER FROM THISLENGTHENING HEAT WAVE. THIS ADVISORY MAY NEED ANEXTENSION THROUGH FRIDAY OR SATURDAY IF CURRENTFORECASTS STAY ON TRACK.

HEAT EXHAUSTION...HEAT CRAMPS...OR IN EXTREME CASES...HEAT STROKE MAY RESULT FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURETO THESE CONDITIONS. CHECK FREQUENTLY ON THOSEWHO MAY BE AT RISK...SUCH AS CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY...AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS.

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